Monday, November 19, 2012

Now that I've figured it out ...
it's even worse; but there's hope

“

In October 1991 I was driving my Toyota
Camry on Forest Drive in Annapolis, when a woman pulled out in
front of me. I hit her
broadside; no chance to brake. I didn't realize it at the time,
but I was killed. Now that I understand that, it's made my "life"
much easier. I'm pretty sure I'm in purgatory, and not Hell
because there are moments of hope, even joy, which of course Hell does
not provide for. Sometime in a few trillion years (of earth time) I
will
be paroled. That's called hope.

I understand now that none of this political stuff is happening for my
dear wife and four children, who have moved on (but thankfully
continue to pray for me). Not so here. You people (yes, all
of you, in case you haven't figured it out yet) have passed
on. You share with me this particular plane of existence because
I have in a sense created you.

So,
being here is filled with the utterly bizarre. Nothing makes sense;
everything is torturously insane. In this plane of existence there is
a fictional president named Bronco Stoma— I think—details are
ever changing here. The girl always turns out to be a guy, or
leaves me for a Rugby player? she met on a Ferris Wheel during his
game?. I can never
find my car. I keep trying to fly to a resort with a free ticket,
but always go to the wrong terminal, and spend an eternity ...
trying to find my car. And,stuff
like like this.

“What’s happening with Hostess Brands is a
microcosm of what’s wrong with America, as Bain-style Wall Street
vultures make themselves rich by making America poor,” Trumka said in a
public statement. “Crony capitalism and consistently poor management
drove Hostess into the ground, but its workers are paying the price.”

After the Baker's Union opted to let the company go into bankruptcy
rather than take a 10% wage cut. Just insane.

Comments:

“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows was the title of a position paper they distributed at an SDS convention in Chicago on June 18, 1969. This founding document called for a “white fighting force” to be allied with the “Black Liberation Movement” and other radical movements to achieve “the destruction of US imperialism and achieve a classless world”: world communism.” — Ahem

Mexico might buy the various brands. Twinkies made in Mexico would not be subject to our sugar tariff which doubles the cost of US sugar vs world prices. That and labor saving will more than make us for increased distribution costs.

Wait until the union members find out how much of their pensions are left after the PBGC liquidates their plans.

You would do well to check your own house before blaming others for trying to take the necessary steps to keep the doors open and the lights on. Maybe in the future, you should demand a reduction in your union dues to make up for the reduction in wages that are necessary and approved by bankrupcy courts in a reorganization process.

Yours Truly:

The Hostess Corporate Management Team

P.S. When you refused to come back to work, we were forced to close the company and our jobs were eliminated also.

The term you're looking for is "looting."The situation is eerily similar to that in "Atlas Shrugged."No, don't read it. It's long, and Ayn Rand doesn't provide a realistic way out.On the other hand, the Declaration of Independence is short, and it does.

Rodger, I'm awfully late to this post but this article by Thomas Sowell is worth a look:http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333695/uncooked-goose-thomas-sowell#"Why would they do that, if it is just a question of not wanting to pay union wages? The Twinkies bankruptcy is a classic example of costs created by labor unions that are not confined to paychecks.

The work rules imposed in union contracts required the company that makes Twinkies, which also makes Wonder Bread, to deliver these two products to stores in separate trucks. Moreover, truck drivers were not allowed to load either of these products into their trucks. And the people who did load Twinkies into trucks were not allowed to load Wonder Bread, and vice versa.

All of this was obviously intended to create more jobs for the unions’ members. But the needless additional costs that these make-work rules created ended up driving the company into bankruptcy..."